Metairie man arrested by NOPD on charges of molesting a 14-year-old girl

Edgar Cerda-Solis, 30, was booked with felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile.

A Metairie man was arrested last week after New Orleans police investigators booked him on charges of molesting a 14-year-old girl, court records show. Edgar Cerda-Solis, 30, was arrested Saturday afternoon after being accused of sexually molesting the underage girl for several months, according to the records.

Edgar Cerda-Solis, 30

Detectives from the NOPD's Sex Crimes Unit began investigating Cerda-Solis in September after a report surfaced that the girl had been sexually assaulted, the records show.

Detectives spoke with the girl, who told the officers that she and Solis, whom she knew only as 'Edgar', had met four months before on a social networking site.

The victim told police the two first became involved online, then began exchanging text messages, and later initiated a physical relationship.

She said she had unprotected sex with Solis on more than one occasion at a residence near the 2500 block of Prancer Street and that the two had met for the last time in August. She also told investigators that she told Solis she was 14 years old.

The girl's father, who was cooperating with officers during the investigation, gave detectives his daughter's cell phone, which contained a photo and phone number for Solis. Detectives found Solis living in the residence to which the phone number matched, and when shown a photograph of Solis, the victim was able to identify him as the man she had been having sex with.

Solis, whose bond was set at $30,000, was booked with felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile.